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If someone can confirm that the Battery Low and Critical Threshold parameters in the Win7 Power Profile are not driven by the status as supplied by the UPS then that would be enough for me to give it a try.
If someone can confirm that the Battery Low and Critical Threshold parameters in the Win7 Power Profile are not driven by the status as supplied by the UPS then that would be enough for me to give it a try.
I'm not sure I know (understand) what it is you're looking for? I did however provide you links on the software to look through though.
sygnus21, take a look at the Win7 Advanced Power Panel here. It shows that the Win7 UPS control can take action on a configurable threshold (I expanded the Critical Threshold option in this image). So the thing I'm wondering about is: how does Windows know when the UPS is at 10% battery remaining versus 15% versus whatever the value is? Doesn't that mean that the UPS must be signaling its status to the OS?
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Interesting. I may have to give it a try.
Fair enough.....just wondering, would suggest that you check out CDBurnerXP instead of WMP12 and Foxit reader instead of builtin PDF reader but it is up to you although with 6gb (did I read your spec correctly?) I really can't see any reason to keep the instance small but I assume that it is a personal choice. Have a nice day.
Tony22, those Win 7 battery options are for a laptop battery. Windows has no way of detecting how it is connected to power on a desktop. As has been stated, PowerChute software is good and reliable using very little space and resources. I have used various iterations of it for about 10 years.
I kind of thought so too but looked at his system specs and figured he was talking about his desktop PC. At any rate I've not seen those options under a desktop PC but than again I've never looked for them either.
Would be nice of him to clear that up though - PC or Desktop?
Thanks Britton :)
I need to correct, if the USB from the UPS is attached to the PC it gives an indication of whether you are on battery or power grid.